andrewdelvard

When you get old like PSLewis you almost have a right, an expectation to smell pissy. People excuse it, almost expect it...But all the same are grateful when you've gone away.
My problems a little different.
When I go to the gym I work out hard. Very hard. No big deal but I've become aware that as my workout goes on my sweat is smelling pretty nasty.
A 'hum da vee' of ****. WTF? I have to try and create an exclusion zone around me by voluntarily moving away when someone comes close by.
I don't want to be known as the guy who smells of ****. Even worse to be described as such and have other people say "Oh yeah him, Pissy man"
And then laugh. Grateful not to be me.
No. I'm not having it. I have my standards. They are higher than the smell of ****. Normal BO would be good enough for me right now.
I feel a need to add at this point this pissy pong does not carry on, prevail, before or after the gym. Just during intensive exercise.
I have full control of my bladder. My stools are firm and well coloured. My eyes are bright and my tail is long.
Whats going on? Suggestions?


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boxst

Hello

Normally because you don't drink enough (water!).

Steve.

NotoriousREV

Sweat contains ammonia the same as ****, so when it gets a bit stale it smells pissy. According to my old PE teacher, anyway.

douglasb

Don't know, but are you on the Atkins diet (or do you have a high protien/low carb diet)? I've heard that Atkins can make the breath pong, so perhaps a "sub-Atkins" diet can have similar effects but with the by-products getting out through the sweat glands rather than the breath?

andypugh2000

Its all the crap and toxins in your skin escaping

andrewdelvard

Now that is a great reply. Don't know if it's true but it appeals to me. Gives some comfort.
No Atkins diet. Just sensible eating. True I may not drink enough. I'll try to drink a good amount before the next workout and see if that helps.

Jye

Aaquil

High protein and not enough water as some guys mention. If you are training hard you must drink loads of water and well beyond your thirst.

Aaquil

Who bloody cares you're training what do people want you to sweat MUSK. You are there to train not to smell nice if people don't like it tell 'em to P*SS OFF (No pun intended).

Aaquil.

Jye

If your **** is anything other than a light straw colour then you are poss dehydrated m8. Either that or your bag need's changing

unclebuck

LOL

More fluids. Less coffee and spicey food.

UB

fatherpierre

I get it from time to time, too.

After a night on the **** and a heavy gym sesh. Just a lack of fluids.

You can't beat that smell of bleach.

andypugh2000

It will take a while to stop smelling as your skin has many layers of fat holding many different toxins etc, you will find that if you are overweight then you will smell more. as you get fitter and eat less crap and drink PLENTY of water then the smell will slowly subside whilst you sweat, have you ever noticed how fat people smell a bit stronger when working out near to them ??

hope this helps

andy

fatherpierre

The bleach smell only comes with me when dehydrated.

Not much lard on me..........

ajm

This explains it in relatively basic terms:

http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/ammonia.htm

andypugh2000

Exactly, all your impurities are more concentrated meaning you will smell more, its like pouring a bucket of water over where someone has pissed as the water will dilute it to make it less concentrated so it doesnt smell if you know what i mean

fatherpierre

Yeah, think so.

ajm

Urine contains mainly urea rather than ammonia. Ammonia comes from bacteria breaking down the urea in urine which is why fresh wee doesn't smell much. As far as I am aware fish are the only animals to excrete ammonia as a direct product of metabolism.

mj

....forget the gym, you should write voice over scripts for Jean Claude Van Damme movies, you'd make a fortune



Don't know if it's relevant, but maggots give off ammonia when they sweat, I know, my missus always complains when they have been in the fridge for more than a week



"I have full control of my bladder. My stools are firm and well coloured. My eyes are bright and my tail is long.
"

Perhaps your "tail" is sweating

ajm

Yeah, meat eating maggots excrete ammonia as a by product from breaking down protein. Aquatic insects (or sometimes just the larvae) tend to also be ammonotelic.

Land based animals tend to excrete urea or uric acid in the case of birds (as Scooby paintwork will attest! ).

andrewdelvard

I'm not fat I'm just big boned
I am going to definately drink a good amount an hour or so before a workout, try and get really hydrated & see if it makes a difference.

gsm1

Sweat contains urea, that's why.

andym172

You should be drinking 2 litres of water (not liquid: tea/coffee/coke etc) a day. Try that and see if there's an improvement

fast bloke

Does your **** smell of sweat?

If so - where exactly on your body is the 'sweat' coming from?

lem0ncurd

An average guy should drink 2-3 litres of water a day normally. If you are working out heavily, you can lose up to 1 litre of water per hour, so you need to compensate for this by drinking more.

Avoid caffeinated drinks such as tea/coffee or Coke and avoid alcohol. These are all diuretic which make you lose water more quickly. The last thing you need in the morning after 8 hours of fluid deprivation is have a cuppa!

LC

Dream Weaver

Thread title of the year

MooseRacer

Quite agree DW Couldn't help but read the thread, despite really not wanting to know the answer...

Scoobychick

iTrader: (1)

Lol, me too

cigarboy

I think you should worry about the stools more; see mine for reference

Dream Weaver

LOL